Timeline Graphics for PowerPoint are a great way to add that visual impact to your next presentation.We’ve rounded up our top creative ideas for creating Timeline slides in PowerPoint. This post provides suggestions like Infographics, Photos, Software, PowerPoint tutorials and ready to use Templates, to save you some serious time creating your slides.

Take your presentations to the next level with these creative Timeline Ideas and Tutorials. Whether you are looking for just inspiration, images, step by step tutorials or ready to use templates, you can find them all here.

Timeline Background Images

Use Stock Images as Backgrounds

You can get creative by using free or premium stock images online and use them in your presentations. Here are a couple of example slides we have created to illustrate this idea.

Example 1: We created this project timeline slide by using a clock image from a free stock photo site. Can you see that, just by adding some elements to show the sequence of events, your timeline slide gets ready in no time.

Example 2: To show the concept of growth of a company over time, we downloaded this growth photo and used it as a background. We then added some text callouts to complete the slide. The callouts are from the Comprehensive All In One Bundle for PowerPoint.

You can also go beyond the usual timelines and design creative Timelines in PowerPoint yourself. Here are our Most Popular Timeline tutorials below.

Video Tutorial 1: Creating Custom Timeline with SmartArt

In this video, learn how to create a SmartArt project timeline quickly and easily. You'll also find creative alternatives to the regular timelines in the second half of the video.

Video Tutorial 2: How to Create An Easy PowerPoint Timeline

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a simple Timeline using Auto Shapes in PowerPoint. You will not only find a step by step demonstration of how to create a simple, scalable timeline graphic from scratch - but also see some useful applications of the graphic in business presentations.

Video Tutorial 3: Create Animated Timeline in PowerPoint

In the following video, you will learn to create a visually stunning Animated Timeline Graphic in PowerPoint 2013. This tutorial can be followed in other versions of PowerPoint as well. By animating the timeline you can narrate your story step by step. Such animation is great for engaging audience in e-learning and training situations as well.

Video Tutorial 4: Step by Step 3D Timeline in PowerPoint

Learn to create a 3D timeline diagram in PowerPoint with this tutorial from our 3D Graphics series.The diagram shows a series of rounded text boxes linked by an arrow. You can customize the diagram based on your requirement and add more boxes as per the number of years you want to present.

Now, it's time to check out a few creative ideas you can use in your next presentation...

5 Ways to Make Your Timeline Memorable

A timeline is probably one of the most used diagrams in a business presentation. Whether you want to represent milestones of your organization’s growth or Year wise progress of your project, you can’t do without a timeline chart.Discover 5 simple ways to represent timeline in PowerPoint slides. Get inspired to create a number of variations of your own. Read the article on Timelines here.

Examples of Timeline from Infographics

Here is inspiration from timelines from different industries. You can draw ideas from them to create your own presentation slides. This includes ideas from Medical Science, Computing, Engineering , personal history & more.

Click on a infographic image to preview the infographics timeline in detail.

Ready PowerPoint Timeline Templates

Free PowerPoint Timeline Templates

If you don't have the time to design your own slides or are looking for quick and easy ways to make over your slides, you can download ready to use PowerPoint Templates.